West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-24
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKIYN DIVINErS sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject OF Discourse; The Ran
somed.n


Corinthians, vi, 20.
Your friend takes YOU through his valu
nole house You examine the arches this
tresco, tho gras,plot,, the hsh-ponds the
cOhserN9torieS, the parks OF dec., and YOU
say within YOURSELF or you say aloud
What did all this cost Nou SO costly
apparel or You sco a mgh-mcttied span of
horsei harncSSed with silver and gold aud
you begin TO make an estimate of the Nalue
Inc man who owns large estate cannot in.
stantly tell YOU what il is all worth lie
says; Il M estimate so much Tor the
house, SO much for the furniture. 80 much
Tor laying ont the grounds, SO much for the
stock, SO much for the barn, so much Tor
aggregate"
Wen, my friends hear 80 much about our
mansion in heaven, about it, furniture aud
the grand surroundings, that want 10 know
now much II is all worth and what has actu.
ally been paid for IL. cannot complete i'm
amonth or year the ma ,nitlCcnt calcula.
tion; but before get through to-day hone
10 give YOU the figures. 'Ne are bought
with price,
With some friends l went 10 London
Tower q look at the crown jewels OF Eng-
land. We walked around. caught one glimpse
OF them, and being in the procession wore
compelled 10 pass out i wish that to-day
could take this audience into the tower OF
Gods mercy and strength, that YOU might
walk around Just once at least and sec the
crown jewels of eternity, behold their brill
lance and estimate their value. "No arc
bought with piiCen Now, II YOU have n
large amount Of money 10 pay, YOU do not
pay NJ all at once. but YOU pay IL by install
ments-so much tho first OF January, so much
the first ~ April, so much the first OF July,
so much the first of October until the entire
amount Is paid. Aud have 10 tai this audi
enCe that You have been bought with "A
price, and that that price was paid in differ
ent installmcnts.
The first insta 'lmeut paid for the clearance
or our souls was the iguominiOus birth OF
lot 10 N..N. Ia
bo carefully looked after aftcrward. our al
vent into the world Is carefully guarded We
come into the world amid kindly attentions
irivacy and silence are afforded when God
launches an immortal soul into the world
Even The roughest Of men know enough to
stand back. But have 60 toll YOU that i'm
tho village on the side Of the hill there was a
very bcd'am Of uproar when Jesus was
born. In a village capable OF accommodate
ing only few hundred people many thou
sand people were crowded. aud amid hos
tiers aud muletecrs and camel drivers yelling
at stupid beasts OF burden, tho Messiah APP
peared No silence. No privacy 4 better
adapted pla hath the eaglet in tho eyrio-
hath the whelpin in the lions lair. Tho cxi'oof
heaven lieth down uuOn tho straw. Tho
ilrst night out from tho palace OF heaven
spent in an outhpuso. ono hour aftor laying
aside the robes OF heaven, DIRE ,sed i'm "A
wrapper Of coarse linon. one would have
supposed that Christ would havo made n
more gradual descent coming from heaven
first 10 n half way world Of great magnitude,
then 10 Crsnr's palace, then % IA merchants
castle IN Galilee. then 10 n private home i'm
Bethany, then 90 a iishcrmaus hut, and lnst
OF all TO the stnblc MOI IL was one lenn
from the top 90 the bottom
Let MS open the door Of the carnvansary i'm
Bethlehem, and drive away the camelS
Press on through the group OF idlcrs AMI
loungcrs. What, . Mary, no lighti No
! light, she says, saw" that which come,
through the door What Mary no foodi
None" she says, ." only that which is
brought in the suck on the journey Let
the Bethlehem woman who has come i'm hero
with kindly attentions put back the covering
from the babe that we may look upon it
Lookl Look Uncover your head. Let us
| kneel Let all voices be hllshcd Son Of MARY
Son Of God Child Of day-mon.
glance of a God. Omnirotence shcathcd
tn that babes arm That voice 10 he
changed from tho feeble plant 20 Tho tono
that shall wake the dead Ho.nunn! 10
,annnl Glory be TO God that Jesus came
from throne 10 uaugcr that we might rise
from mauger ~ throne, and that all the gates
are open, and that the door Of heaven that
| once swung this way 10 let Jesus out. now
| swings the Othe" way 30 let us in. Let all
the bellmen Of heaven lay hold the rope aud
! ring ont the news: "Bohlld ! bring You
glad tidings of great iov which shall be 30
All fcOplo. for to-day is born i'm tho CITY ~
David a Saviour which Is Christ the ord"
Tho second iDst1llment paid for our souls
clearance was tho scene IN Ouarnutanin q
| mountainous region full of rayorns, where
there aro 90 this day pnnthe.s aud will
beasts Of all sorts; so that you must now.
| the traveller says, 20 there armed with knife
or gun or pistol u was there that Jesus
went 10 think and pray, and 10 was there
that this monster Of hell moro siv
more terrific than anything that prowIed
In that cOuutry-Satau him -eli met
/ Christ Tho rose in the CHECK Of Christ
--tha' Publius Loutulus in hs lctt"r o. the
Roman Senate, nsCribad 20 Jc-us-t that rose
a last fr,.t..
food had thrown him into cmacintion The
| longest abstinence fOm food recorded in
proiaie history Is that Of tho CROW OF the
shiU Juno, for twenty. tire. davs they bnd
nothing tO eat But this sufferer had tasted
month aud ton day, before lie broke fast
HUNGER must have agoui.cd every fibre II
The body and gnnw q on the stomnch with
teeth Of death. The Thought OF a morgal of
bread or meat must have thrillc tho BODY
with something like ferocitv. Turn out a
PACK ot men hungry ns Christ was a-hul-
gared. and N they had strength with one
yell they would deyOur Won ns "a lion w1uh
n kid. lt wns IN that paug ~ hunger thnt
Jesus was ancostcd nnd Satan said. "Now
change Those ~ mes. which look like broa a.
INTO an actual supply n bread Had tho
temptation come ~ Won OF mp uuior thoe
cirCuin-'nucos. wc would have cried. II cad
30 shall ho" and had been almost unIntie.t
at the time Ia on for wut.I.ntiIu. but
Christ H Oh one lnud boot Lprt tho hunger
and H.i. 'h. other hrnl b.rf L1rH f.r mon.
Christ was tempted We me trII CHAT Nn-
pol'ou ordered 10 coat off mail made bu' he
va not quite certain thnf I' tgp. uupoue
irahi". sO Eo -uii fu tHe manufacturer of
That cont 0f mnU Put Do Ou uuw sour
self and Iet u. tfy Itf aul with Shot
after shot from hi- own pistol flo Emperor
found out that DO was just what 30 refandeI
10 b" good cont oi WniI Then tln man
received inr.e reward bless G.d that
The same cont of mail that struck Lack the
weapons OF temptation from tho heart OF
Christ wo Why all now Nc8T. fYl Jesus
comes and SAYS. ''i have been tsmufeI. and
] know what 10 i- 90 he tempieJ Take this
role that defended Sc and wear b. for vour.
selves. 7 viii eo Won through nIl trial. and
j viii SEQ yp1 through aN temptation
'but says Satan still further f1 Jesus.
come and VIII show Won something worth
looking Ht md after n halliday Journey
thaY came t1 Jerusalem and o. the f1u Of the
Temple. just as one might vt uY in tht
tower Of Antwerp and look on upon Bel
Rium, SO Satan brou ht CHRIST ~ tho TOP of
the Temple some people at n great height
teel dIlys and have 70 strange disposition 90
jump, 50 Satan comes % Christ with % Uow.
etul temptation in that very crisis stand
ing there no the top ot the Temple they look
on. a magnificent reach Of country
Grain fields, vineyards. olive groves forests
and streams. cattle fu tho valley. nocys on
the hills, aud viIIaE9s. and cities and realms
wow says Satan "l'U make % bargain
JUS jump or ] know DO 81, q great way from
the top Of the Temple 90 tho valley. but if YOU
are divine you can fly Jump OH. It wont
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